Clinton outlines $4 billion anti-crime plan-in Philadelphia

[rodeodance]

Clinton outlines $4 billion anti-crime plan-in Philadelphia

States would compete for $1 billion in annual grants to combat recidivism
Carolyn Kaster / AP



PHILADELPHIA - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is proposing to spend $4 billion a year on anti-crime measures, including programs meant to reduce the number of ex-convicts who return to prison.

The money also would help communities hire more police officers and "community-oriented prosecutors."

Under the New York senator's plan, to be detailed Friday in a speech in Philadelphia, states would compete for $1 billion in annual grants to combat recidivism. It would "promote tough but fair" changes to probation practices and to existing programs meant to steer non-violent drug offenders away from prison, her presidential campaign said in an outline provided early Friday.
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The goal is to make punishment more certain for those who violate their probation, while also enhancing efforts to help former drug users stay clean and thereby avoid prison, campaign aides said.

They said Clinton would pay for the $4 billion initiative with savings to be identified by a commission she will assign to "identify unnecessary and outdated corporate subsidies for elimination." Groups that oppose deficit spending urge campaigns to be more specific in saying how they will pay for new programs.

Clinton's plan would hire 100,000 new police officers "to address crime, through a modernized personnel grant program." It would spend $250 million a year on "community-oriented prosecutors."……


Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., holds a news conference at Pittsburgh International Airport in Pittsburgh, Thursday.
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[rodeodance]

1. I am glad in brought up the issue of anti-crime in the campaign. i have

not heard this issue being brought up before.

maybe it has-but sure is at the bottom of the list.

[keep_it_real]

2. Promises, promises . . .

[rodeodance]

4. What is Obama's plan to fight crime?

[ericgtr]

12. Not to propose bullshit bills just to gain votes because of lost ground in a state n/t

[rodeodance]

27. His lose

[grantcart]

3. good post on what sounds like a good plan

[rodeodance]

5. she has a balance with preventive programs--I like that

[Texas Hill Country]

9. me too... k&r

[PBS Poll-435]

13. Are you ok?

I am concerned.

[Maribelle]

6. ' She gets it' and 'she gets the job done'

The mayor of Philadelphia has a terrific ad out for Hillary; he talks about her benefits for cities



jobs...cops on the streets...educate our kids...reduce the drop out rate ... invest in our communities



http://www.hillaryclinton.com/video/157.aspx

[rodeodance]

7. thanks and good for the mayor.of Philly--good to see the ad

[bigtree]

8. she's good

I think her husband's anti-crime push which put more officers on the streets was a revolution, at the time, in crime fighting at the federal level.

[redstate_democrat]

26. All her husband's "Crime fighting bill" did was put more

nonviolent black offenders, mainly black men, behind bars. That's all it did since the streets in inner cities are still crime ridden. Cops and "community prosecutors" don't stop/prevent crime. They are merely subsequent measures. They are only there to deal with the situation after a fucking crime has already been committed. THIS PLAN IS BULLSHIT. I suspect millions of more black men behind bars with another Clinton presidency. The school to prison pipeline established by Reagan, enhanced by Clinton and Bush, and will be perfected by another Clinton. The Prison Industrial Complex = more cops, more prosecutors, more "funding" on the "war on crime". I'm not surprised she made this announcement in Philly.

[Laughing Mirror]

28. 100,000 more cops ... in Philadelphia?

The OP was not clear about this.

Hillary's plan is somehow reminiscent of George Wallace's campaign pledge if elected president in 1968: A cop on every corner of "crime capital" Washington, DC.

[MethuenProgressive]

10. Another great idea!

WTG, Hill!

[kdpeters]

11. Good to see the focus more on preventitive than punitive

Really good to see that a crime bill addressing the problems rather than the symptoms.

[oasis]

14. K AND R

[SeaLyons]

15. Good for Hillary....

K&R

:kick:

[oviedodem]

16. This type of anti-crime is not new and has been tried to no avail:

http://biden.senate.gov/press/press_releases/release/?id=872293B5-AD8B-441E-B88F-EA6BF27EFADF

Now I AGREE with her on this and am supportive of something like this but we are in an era of cutting spending amidst this asinine war. $4 billion a year with a war that WILL not end anytime soon AND here healthplan is too costly. Something has got to give.

Kudos to here though on this.

[ProSense]

17. This is new?

S.AMDT.1202
Amends: S.1607
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. (submitted 11/16/1993) (proposed 11/16/1993)
AMENDMENT PURPOSE:
To provide an additional authorization of $150,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 for the police corps.

Fought For 100,000 Additional Cops on the Street. As a former prosecutor, John Kerry understands the importance of strong law enforcement. That's why he led the fight to add police on our streets through his amendment to the 1993 Crime Control bill. John Kerry's amendment provided for $150 million to hire 100,000 new police officers - a measure widely regarded as having helped to lower the crime rate across the country.

link

Community Oriented Policing Services

Question: On the Amendment (Biden Amdt. No. 529 )
Vote Number: 110 Vote Date: March 23, 2007, 01:32 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Amendment Agreed to
Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 529 to S.Con.Res. 21
Statement of Purpose: To increase funding for the COPS Program to $1.15 billion for FY 2008 to provide state and local law enforcement with critical resources necessary to prevent and respond to violent crime and acts of terrorism and is offset by an unallocated reduction to non-defense discretionary spending and/or reduction to administrative expenses.

link

The problem with the program is that Bush. That will not happen with a Democratic president.

[rodeodance]

24. Where is Obama's?? watch the hands--He is follow Hillary as usual

[futureliveshere]

18. This is good and important to do, BUT

...the real root of crime in the US remains within the government itself, with the marriage of the big businesses (pharma, oil, defense and finance) and corrupt politicians. The drugs and war money parallel underground economy needs to be broken and the government needs to see the difference b/w jailing people for smoking marijuana and filling up the jails versus jailing the hard-core criminals who deserve to be incarcerated.

The Clinton's are some of the most powerful politicians out there and I wonder at their will to break this nexus. In fact it serves them quite well to maintain it, which is why I am distrustful of them. This is coming from a guy who whole-heartedly supported Bill Clinton and was happy to see Hillary Clinton come to power, but the campaign has certainly opened my eyes to some really shady dealings on their part and that has really changed my heart.

[Raffi Ella]

19. .

:dem:

[Maribelle]

21. I love that picture of Hillary!

:applause:

[Raffi Ella]

23. Thank you!!

I do too :7

[Ilithiad]

20. This is a good plan...

...and I hope she gets the opportunity to implement it and if Obama wins nominee I hope he considers this idea....I have to say this democratic nomination process has produced some good ideas about fixing problems in America from both Hillary and Obama. However to pay for this idea and national health care...the money is tied up in corporatetax incentives and tax breaks and the Iraq war.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

22. Black incarceration rates during the Clinton years surpassed Ronald Reagan's eight years.

December 7, 2002

Clinton and Black Americans
Soul Brother?
by KEVIN ALEXANDER GRAY


....So, the fact that Clinton left behind a larger -- mostly black -- prison population than when he took office should come as no surprise. Black incarceration rates during the Clinton years surpassed Ronald Reagan's eight years. The incarceration rates for blacks increased from around 3,000 per 100,000 to 3,620 per 100,000 people during his administration. That he did nothing about mandatory minimum sentences ­ no surprise. That he did nothing to change the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine that disproportionately affects African Americans ­ no surprise. That he successfully stumped for "three strikes and you're out in the crime bill, for restrictions on the right of habeas corpus and expansion of the federal death penalty ­ no surprise. When he came into office one in four black men were involved in the criminal justice system in some way; when he left it was one in three. In many states ex-felons are denied the right to vote, a factor that had a direct impact on the 2000 presidential vote in Florida. Again, no surprise.

more at the link
http://www.counterpunch.org/gray1207.html

[bigtree]

25. big kick!

:kick: :kick:

[pecwae]

29. K&R